Sediment: Small solid pieces of material that come from rock or living things. Erosion: The process by which water,ice,wind or gravity moves from fragments of rock and soil. Deposition: A process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind carrying it. Compaction: The process that presses sediments together. Cementation: The process in which dissolved minerals crystalize and glue particles of sediment together. Clastic rock: A sedimentary rock that forms when rock fragments are squeezed together. Organic rock: A sedimentary rock that forms where the remains of plants and animals are deposited in thick layers. Chemical rock: A sedimentary rock that forms when minerals that are dissolved in a solution crystallize.
Sedimentary Rocks
Vocabulary
Sediment: Small solid pieces of material that come from rock or living things.
Erosion: The process by which water,ice,wind or gravity moves from fragments of rock and soil.
Deposition: A process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind carrying it.
Compaction: The process that presses sediments together.
Cementation: The process in which dissolved minerals crystalize and glue particles of sediment together.
Clastic rock: A sedimentary rock that forms when rock fragments are squeezed together.
Organic rock: A sedimentary rock that forms where the remains of plants and animals are deposited in thick layers.
Chemical rock: A sedimentary rock that forms when minerals that are dissolved in a solution crystallize.